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rce1972
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I paid my son's college tuition for Sp 2018 however I received his 1098-T and box 1-2 were blank. Are schools not required to report our payments on the 1098-T anymore

 
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LinaJ2018
Intuit Alumni

I paid my son's college tuition for Sp 2018 however I received his 1098-T and box 1-2 were blank. Are schools not required to report our payments on the 1098-T anymore

Schools are required to report your payments by IRS.  I am not sure why they did not do so.  But no worries as we have a workaround in the program.

Here are the steps:

  • Sign into your account and select Take me to my return 
  • At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in 1098t and Enter 
  • Select Jump to form 1098T 
  • On screen, "Do you want to enter your higher education expenses?" answer Yes
  • Follow prompts
  • On the Form 1098-T replica screen, under Box 1, click on " What if this is not what I paid to this school?"

Please see the attached screenshot

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LinaJ2018
Intuit Alumni

I paid my son's college tuition for Sp 2018 however I received his 1098-T and box 1-2 were blank. Are schools not required to report our payments on the 1098-T anymore

Schools are required to report your payments by IRS.  I am not sure why they did not do so.  But no worries as we have a workaround in the program.

Here are the steps:

  • Sign into your account and select Take me to my return 
  • At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in 1098t and Enter 
  • Select Jump to form 1098T 
  • On screen, "Do you want to enter your higher education expenses?" answer Yes
  • Follow prompts
  • On the Form 1098-T replica screen, under Box 1, click on " What if this is not what I paid to this school?"

Please see the attached screenshot

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